Jane Tuers

Jane Van Reypen Tuers (died 1834) was an American Revolutionary War patriot heroine.

Biography
Jane Van Reypen was married to Benjamin Tuers, and they lived on a farm in Bergen Township, New Jersey (now part of Jersey City). While selling farm goods in British-occupied Manhattan, she learned from the owner of Fraunces Tavern that British soldiers had toasted patriot general Benedict Arnold's treacherous plot to deliver West Point to the British, and Tuers told her brother about the conspiracy. The brother rode to Hackensack and told General Anthony Wayne about the plot, and Wayne then sent Van Reypen to inform George Washington. A few days later, the arrest of John Andre confirmed the conspiracy. Jane Tuers died in 1834, and she was interred at the Old Bergen Church cemetery.